Design Arena (YC S25) — World's largest crowdsourced benchmark for AI-generated design
Design Arena appears in Y Combinator's company directory in the Summer 2025 batch, listed 2025-07-30. World's largest crowdsourced benchmark for AI-generated design.
Design Arena is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2025 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: World's largest crowdsourced benchmark for AI-generated design. The founders listed are Grace Li (Founder/CEO), Kamryn Ohly (Founder/CTO) (Y Combinator directory entry, July 30, 2025).
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Design Arena is the largest global crowdsourced benchmark for design. Challenge, Vote, Crown your Winner.
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Grace Li
Founder/CEO
CS & Neuroscience @ Harvard
Kamryn Ohly
Founder/CTO
CS & Education @ Harvard
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